“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The session tonight was held in our large front room. Jane likes to use this room since it is larger than the back room we have used for the past few months, out of a fear of interruptions. She began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her pace was good, her voice average.)

First of all, you understand from our discussions concerning planes and fields in general, that these are more multitudinous than you can imagine. A proportion of these will be discussed along with the nature of time, since some of these are connected with probabilities that could have occurred within your physical system.

(Seth referred to this bewildering multiplicity very early in the sessions, and dealt with it rather extensively in the 12th session of January 2,1964, in his first explanation of what he calls the fifth dimension. He has told us we could never cover even a portion of the numberless fields bordering even our own; some will be explained as they impinge upon our own in various ways; Seth also has mentioned his own ability to travel through a few other fields. See Volume 1.)

We had better take our break, for our Dr. Instream material will begin shortly.

(It was 10:23, and this was our 25th envelope test. As usual Jane took the test envelope from me without opening her eyes. She held it to her forehead for a sentence or two, then lowered it to her lap.)

(“An engagement, as of an appointment or meeting,” applies to the S.F. Iszard sales slip. On December 21 last, Jane and I went Christmas shopping; we parted to get each other gifts, after making an appointment to meet at a certain restaurant downtown when our shopping was over. “A scramble” can apply to either or both slips, since when we went shopping on December 18 and 21 we found the stores very crowded. Some aisles were difficult to get through, there was waiting necessary to get into dressing rooms, etc.

(The rest of the test data appears to be all of a piece, and can be connected with a young friend of ours with whom I used to work. Two years ago the friend enlisted in the Marines and was sent to Alaska. He returned to Elmira over the holidays on furlough. I met him twice but Jane did not see him at all. She did listen to me talk about him, of course.

(Our friend wore his civilian clothes, so even had she met him Jane wouldn’t have been able to observe his uniform colors. It chanced however that while we were waiting in line at the post office to mail packages, we saw a Marine in uniform. Jane noticed its color—this was not the dress blues uniform—and questioned me as to the soldier’s branch of service, etc. Then when we went shopping we picked out my sport coat in a similar color, although I believe neither of us thought of any such connection at the time.

(Jane also said that when the information “An engagement,” etc., came through, it represented Seth’s effort to put her on the right track. She had our Marine friend in mind during the test, and he was engaged to be married at the time he went into the service. He is now married and a father.

I am not accusing either of you of such habitual activities, but because of our relationship I do feel bound to mention such issues as they arise. You should know, both of you by now, that I have your best interests always in mind.